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OUTLINE

• As momentum grows to build alternatives to big tech and cloud-based digital services,
• We’re seeing growth in initiatives for community-run, cooperative and local infrastructure and tech services; including Lores Tech neighbourhood-first model
• We’ll need new approaches to build, operate and sustain these forms of infrastructure and services:
  • continuity and stability while relying on volunteers (rapid turnover and intermittent levels of involvement) rather than ongoing / full time professional responsibilities or workers on ‘stipend’ payments
  • coordination for commonsing and shared governance
  • negotiating shared ownership and shared responsibilities
  • financial models for continuity and payment structures that reflect community values, contributions and what people / groups can afford, ensuring equitable access to essential services
• This talk discusses possible approaches to organising, developing and sharing
  • individual skills and roles for networks, infrastructure, hardware, administration
  • cooperative responsibility and governance
  • models of alliances between organisations (formal and informal)
  • spaces, places, resources and financial security
  • for equitable access, not just well-off neighbourhoods
• We’ll discuss challenges, how we might overcome them - and broader benefits for communities.
• Audience participation???